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Skeletal System Scavenger Hunt

Open the links under each question and find the answer!

1.  What is the definition of the word skeleton?   www.dictionary.com                                        www.encyclopedia.com

2.  What are 2 functions of the Skeletal System (bones)?

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000124.html

http://www.ashland.k12.or.us/morgan_cottle/body/skeletal.htm

3.  What are bones made of and what are their textures?

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/bones_noSW.html

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/skeletal.html

4.  How many bones are there in an adult human body?

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000124.html

http://www.ashland.k12.or.us/morgan_cottle/body/skeletal.htm

5.  What is the largest bone in your body?  Where are the smallest bones?  http://yahooligans.com/content/ask_earl/20000627.html

http://www.imcpl.org/kids_skel.htm

6.  What allows bones to move?

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000124.html

http://www.imcpl.org/kids_skel.htm

7.  What are skeletal muscles also known as and what controls them?  www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/muscles_noSW_p4.html

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/amcgann/body/muscular.html

8.  What do muscles do? http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/muscles_noSW_p5.html

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000123.html

9.  What connects the bones to make them move back and forth?  http://www.imcpl.org/kids_skel.htm

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000124.html

10. What can you do to keep your bones and skeletal muscles in good condition?  http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/muscles_noSW_p8.html

http://www.yahooligans.com/content/ask_earl/20000627.html